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As the title says, this is an AU where, instead of the original mech suits, the main cast gains super powers from bio manipulation.

The main crux is that this version of Tabane is not an engineer but a biologist, and has created a symbiotic artificial creature that allows a temporary metamorphosis with super powers. The most basic powers are bio shifting (necessary for metamorphosis) and weak telekinesis (which is needed for flight and defense)

Still deciding on the powers of the other girls, but Chifuyu is the easiest. Her power is enhanced bio shifting, allowing her to create weapons from her own mass. This is perfect for her fighting ability, while still being obviously a prototype (literally just a maxed out basic power)

Of course, our main boy Ichika has to have powers, and I thought the best power in this version would be a mimic power. Basically a power that lets him copy his friends powers, but he needs to manually master them through training. This amps up what makes the original so special, and by extension what makes the series so unique. It also gives us more screen time of Ichika interacting with the girls.

That's my idea at least, let me know your thoughts

Just a little something for fun, let's say flight is already a given and each girl gains a power based on their personality traits. What power do you think would be fitting for each girl?

You were exposed to vampire blood and now have powers! You can pick the powers you have so long as they relate to an animal that can suck blood. Please be creative

This power does not have a name, but it allows the user to convert any kinetic energy they generate into electric energy that they can manipulate

It's Pride month so let's make some gay powers.

The special ability must be something that matches your personality, and the stats must be ranked in tiers.

S = terrific

A = Great

B = Good

C = Okay

D = Bad

E = Terrible

The stats themselves are determined by aspects of your personality

Power = determined by your willpower

Speed = determined by your decision making (how fast you can make a choice, whether it is a good choice is irrelevant)

Range = determined by your ability to think ahead

Durability = determined by how well you can avoid distractions

Precision = determined by how perceptive you are

Potential = determined by how much you can grow as a person

Problem: a character with a certain power can reach certain feats of power that they can't do again for no explained reason while being attacked by weaker characters

Examples: characters with super strength can lift a car in one scene but can be held down by normal people in the next. A character with superspeed could move so fast time seems to stop, but still have a slower character able to defeat them.

Solution: First, powers shouldn't be passive IMO, a user should have to activate it. Second, a user's power should be limited instead of endless.

Examples: a character with super strength should activate their power, which should eat away at their stamina leading to exhaustion for when the plot needs them to be weak. A character with superspeed should activate their power and have it fueled by their metabolism, becoming malnourished if they use it too much and becoming slow when the plot needs it

Disclaimer, I am an amateur writer so I most likely have no idea what I'm talking about, but I figured I might as well try.

Power: Omniscience is the ability to have all knowledge across time and space

Problem: Omniscience is a boring power that just lets a character know everything without any conflict. No conflict=no story, no story=no point.

Solution: while trying to come up with a way to fix this I came up with two potential angles, both changing this power from a passive ability to an active ability with a short time limit.

Randomizer angle: this turns Omniscience into a gamble. Rather than always having all of the knowledge Omniscience can only be used to get one random piece of information that can be useful now, later,or never.

Trade Off angle: this builds on the idea that there is a limit to how much information the human mind can hold. The user can get any information on anything in the universe, but they must sacrifice a memory in return

Let me know your thoughts and what I should do next

Thunder is naturally different from lightning but the two are treated as the same when it comes to power.

Because thunder is the sound that lightning makes it should be a sound based power.

My solution: Thunder is a shockwave ability with a slightly more literal emphasis on the word 'shock'. As a passive ability Thunder increases its users ability to generate and absorb electricity, using it as a power boost

My hero name is Snake Pit, but that kinda puts people off and I want something that sounds a little friendlier.

My power is kinda weird, I can sort of grow snakes out of my body and control them

A retelling of the Odyssey using the setting of Mario: Space Odyssey. Still in progress so any ideas are welcome